German publisher Rondomedia announced Scratches went gold and is expected in Germany January 25th, France shortly thereafter. Got Game has Scratches scheduled for North America early March. Scratches is a gripping first-person mystery adventure game that will keep the players glued to their monitors, with its story full of breathtaking twists and surprises, until the final shocking revelation.

10Tacle Studios will participate in this year's Games Convention in Leipzig. During the trade show, 10TACLE will focus on titles such as GTR 2: FIA GT Racing Game and Elveon as well as on further productions to be specified later on which will be presented to trade visitors in the Business Center with the help of elaborately designed theme worlds.

In this classic 2D side-scroller, players take on the role of Mega Man as he slides, shoots and jumps his way through a variety of themed stages, ultimately facing off against a menacing boss character for each.

CDV USA today announced an agreement with digital distribution outlet Trymedia Games, which will enable consumers to electronically download and purchase select CDV videogame titles. In addition, the service will allow consumers to try complete game versions before buying them.

DEFCON is Introversion Software's latest creation in which you Global Thermonuclear War is imminent.Be sure you're not the one to lose. Defcon is being jointly developed by Chris Delay and Gary Chambers, and is Produced by Introversion Software.

Blizzard has yet again released a minor updated patch for good old Starcraft, and its expansion pack Brood War. The v1.13f patch fixes several bugs that contributed to game exploits. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Meridian4 today announced the signing of a North American publishing agreement with developers Frozenbyte for their Action/Shooter; Shadowgrounds.

The Sims 2: Open for Business will revolve around setting up businesses and making money. Construction company, restaurant, nightclub, or simply decide to work from home, it will all be possible. You will need to strategically place employees, or fire useless workers, in order to keep your customers happy.

THQ & Team17's Worms: Open Warfare retains the same gameplay and unique sense of humour that has epitomised the brand for almost a decade, Worms brings a whole raft of new features and laugh-out-loud comedy to the handhelds.

Mega Man Maverick Hunter X is a fresh remake of the original Mega Man X title that debuted on the SNES, launching a separate Mega Man storyline and a new central character named X. Read more for some new screens ...

One of Capcom's most popular PSOne RPG series is coming to the PSP. Breath of Fire III will not break any new boundaries as graphically it is nothing special, as are most RPG's anyhow, apart from the PSP's 16:9 display. On the other hand you will be able to play the minigames in multiplayer through the PSP's game sharing function.

KOEI today announced that the Tactical Action game, Samurai Warriors: State of War for PSP, scheduled for North American release in March 2006. Read more for details and screens ...

2005 has not been a very good year for Majesco, after it earlier sold off Ghost Rider and The Darkness, its year-end results revealed all is not well. Across the board revenue, sales and income are all turning a loss, compared to profits last year. As a result Majesco announced it cut 20% of its workforce and is abandoning major publishing in favor of value and handheld video games. In its subsequent conference call it was also revealed that high profile titles such as Terminal Reality's Demonik and Taxi Driver, based on Martin Scorsese's cult film, have been cancelled.

EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro adds three new features, spheres of influence, a trap system, and for the first time in EverQuest, players can destroy objects in the world.

Kingdom of Sky is 2nd expansion for EQ II, featuring a structured Achievement system of skills and abilities, expands the arena challenges with four deadly new arena champions and two new arena zones, ten new adventure zones, 25 new enemies and troves full of new treasures ...

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for :

• Final Fantasy XII [PS2] - Kiss Me Good-Bye Trailer
• Ford Street Racing [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Trailerpack
• Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams [PS2] - Tenkai Trailer
• Rule of Rose [PS2] - Trailer #2
• Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll [NDS] - Trailer
• Tycoon City: New York - Trailer #3
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest major update to Counter-Strike Source. This update adds cs_militia with HDR lighting, fixes various bugs, adds tweaks, and hostage changes. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

Burnout Revenge slams into the Xbox 360 with a suite of new online features set to define next-generation automotive anarchy, jaw-dropping high-definition graphics and the retina-searing speed that the Burnout series is famous for.

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is a World War II PC game delivered through Vavels' online content delivery system Steam. The original Red Orchestra won Nvidia's "$1,000,000 Make Something Unreal" contest. Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is a standalone follow-up, built on Epic's Unreal 2.5 Engine, that introduces new gameplay and features.

Game-oriented comic strip creator Penny Arcade Inc. today announced the dates for the third annual Penny Arcade Expo. The three-day event, a nonstop celebration of videogames and gamer culture, will take place Friday, August 25th through Sunday, August 27th, 2006 in Bellevue, Washington.